Tips for Getting rid of "cheats"

I really want to just completely cut out bad food all together, like I usually eat pizza and things like that but keep it within my calories but theres just sometimes I go overboard go to mcdonalds get some candy, and before I know it im 2000 calories over, anyone got any tips? Should I look into an appetite supressor...havent used one since i was 80pounds heavier but I keep find myself cheating and my cut really isn't going anywhere...

What I actually end up doing since I have a bodymedia armband, I look at how many calories i burned that day then combine with with 2500 (my cut cals) for the next day and just eat less the next day...So if i ate 4000 and burned 3200 that day id just eat 800less the next day. Idk if this is good to do or not, but in this aspect It should even out and not actually set me back at all..i think..lol

What I actually end up doing since I have a bodymedia armband, I look at how many calories i burned that day then combine with with 2500 (my cut cals) for the next day and just eat less the next day...So if i ate 4000 and burned 3200 that day id just eat 800less the next day. Idk if this is good to do or not, but in this aspect It should even out and not actually set me back at all..i think..lol

That would put you at maintenance OP. If you are cutting, you want less calories than your body requires. I wouldn't recommend going by the number of calories on an arm band or cardio machine. Those are known be very inaccurate because even if it's setup for your height and weight, it can't possibly know other keys about your metabolism.

That would put you at maintenance OP. If you are cutting, you want less calories than your body requires. I wouldn't recommend going by the number of calories on an arm band or cardio machine. Those are known be very inaccurate because even if it's setup for your height and weight, it can't possibly know other keys about your metabolism.

its a bodymedia armband suppose to be 95% accurate in telling calories burned

I really want to just completely cut out bad food all together, like I usually eat pizza and things like that but keep it within my calories but theres just sometimes I go overboard go to mcdonalds get some candy, and before I know it im 2000 calories over, anyone got any tips? Should I look into an appetite supressor...havent used one since i was 80pounds heavier but I keep find myself cheating and my cut really isn't going anywhere...

Some things I find helpful are:

1) water
2) gum
3) coffee

But above all, the most important thing is reconditioning how your body 'feels' about 'bad food'. Why?

Because willpower is a limited resource. The diet often fails after a stressful day because 'there's no willpower left'.

Many people find this topic a bit too 'woo woo' and dismiss it. That said, if you're willing to put in the effort, there's a whole bunch of personal development things you can do like future pacing, negative anchoring, etc that can eliminate your cravings almost entirely. Have you heard of Psycho Cybernetics? That's got a lot good tools in it.

Limit your cheats to one day per week. It gives you something to look forward to if your strict on your diet all week and i think having the occassional refeed help keep your metabolism from stalling/slowing

You might wanna go for a smaller deficit, how big is your deficit right now?

I was shooting for 900-1000kcal deficit and the craving was almost unbearable, only thing keeping me from binging was an insane amount of self-control but I knew I would binge sooner or later, also my workouts were shyt, now at 600-700kcal deficit it's much more controllable and I have a lot more energy.

Another thing I do is I reward myself if I go 10-14 days without going over my calorie goals with a day of maintenance with whatever the fuk I wanna eat. Looking forward to it helps because I think "I don't need to binge today, few days and I'll be able to eat it without guilt".